Water Polo on Sky TV
The highlights of the Women’s Senior European Water Polo Trophy Cup (Euro B’s) are on Sky Sports 3 this Wednesday 22nd July at 7pm. This is the tournament won in Manchester recently by GB Women.

Minor Rule Changes Approved

George has pointed out this article in Waterpolo World which shows the minor rule changes that have recently been approved.

The Campbell's Adventures

Darren and Christopher have arrived back from Romania and Slovakia which, despite the travel to and from Slovakia , was a very good and enjoyable trip.  They played for Clujes-Napoca and came in second in the tournament which was held in Slovakia .  They narrowly lost the first match 9-8 to Slovakian side Zilina losing the final period 5-1 after Christopher had been fouled out - missed chances cost them in a game they should have won.  The key match was then against Czech team Opavia which the team won 9-8 coming back from behind to win the fourth period 4-2.
Other results were a 20-5 win over home team Vrutky and 17-4 win over Presov. Outwith the official competition they also lost 16-9 against Vrutky's 1991+ team although Darren missed that game with a sore shoulder.  The twins played well but also made mistakes which hopefully they will learn from, they scored 37 goals between them (out of 62) and enjoyed playing in an outdoor pool for the first time and with a wonderful view .  Photos

Photographs of LEN European Championship

Photographs of last weeks championships are available on the GB Swim Stars website.  Thanks to Brian Littlejohn for the link.

GB Ladies Take Gold Medal

GB Ladies have beaten the Czech Republic 9 - 7 to take the gold medal in the Women's European B Championships in Manchester today.  BBC Sport have once again featured the match on their website. See also Manchester 2007 website.  Well Done to all involved!

Semi Final Success

GB Ladies have won their semi final at the Women's European B Championships in Manchester.  They beat Slovakia 19 -7 to book a place in the final against the Czech Republic, who beat Ukraine 14 - 8 to secure their place.  BBC Sport have featured the match on their website.

The bronze medal will be contested by Ukraine and Slovakia at 12.00pm on Sunday 12th July with the final due to take place at 1.30pm.  We wish GB every success!

GB Ladies Success Continues

GB Ladies success continues at the European Championships in Manchester.  They have beaten Portugal 8 - 3 and Slovakia 17 - 6.  They top their group.

Note From Ken Fussell (sent 9th July)

Member Consultation on Membership Management: Categories and Fees

The following has been received from Scottish Swimming:

The membership project group has now met and debated a number of issues.  We have created a paper and a survey that capture a range of options for member feedback.  We would value your views on this paper – please call or email Elaine Mackenzie on e.mackenzie@scottishswimming.com 01786 466 522 in order to provide your views.  Please see below for your info and comment.

Member Consultation on Membership Management: Categories and Fees

All members of Swimming Clubs affiliated to Scottish Swimming pay a membership fee.  We have over 17,500 registered members of affiliated Clubs.  The revenue generated from membership fees is an important source of income for Scottish Swimming amounting to c£350k per annum (target next year of £365K).  The income allows us to leverage funds from other partners, including sportscotland.  Our annual budget, including membership income, is spent on support for swimmers at every stage of the swimmer pathway, including a swimming development tool box, swiMark (a club development resource), teacher and coach education, and performance programmes.

It is important that the governing body remain customer focused in the management of its members and the collection of the fees.  A membership project group has been formed to determine whether we should retain the status quo or try a new approach to the management of our members (categories and fees).

To facilitate the review process, we have created a very brief online survey to gather your views.  This survey has been prepared to find out how members think that membership categories should be managed and how the burden of membership fees should be distributed.

The survey can be found at the following link and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.

Link:      http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB229E3HQURGA

We would be grateful for feedback on the survey and/or the paper by the 15^th of August after which the paper will be amended based on comments and survey results and sent to the Membership Project Group and Board for consideration in early September.

With thanks,

The team at Scottish Swimming

European Women's Water Polo Championships

GB Women have won their opening game in the Women's B European Championship.  They beat Belarus 20 - 4.  For full results, click here.

Minutes of Open Meeting

If you have received a copy of the minutes from the open meeting held on 23rd June please discard them.  They are only the draft minutes and should not have been sent out.

Message From Scottish Waterpolo Development Officer

Ladies (& Coaches),
In the spirit of enjoying water polo with ladies your own age and developing future stars I am looking at forming a Junior Scottish Women's squad.   
I would appreciate knowing if this is something that appeals to you or any of the ladies in your clubs.   We'd probably train a few times a year and find one or two competitions annually (probably an U 19 and a U16, though U21 and U15 U14 competitions could come up as well) and have a few specific trainings before each to prepare.    However, as a few of you would likely be the core of that group, I'd love to have any input you have as what sort of training and competitions would appeal to you.   
I'm not sure of the age ranges but I can say we just turned down a ladies spot to play as Scotland in an under 19 competition (born 1991 and later) simply because we don't have a team set up.     I'd like to make sure we don't pass this up again especially as we have a lot of younger girls coming up through mini-polo right now who have expressed interest in playing more.    I'm hoping we'll soon be targeting promising young ladies from around Scotland to join such a squad, but we can't do that until such a squad is formed.    This would also hopefully complement our Regional Training Center.  
Also, if you have suggestions who you would like to coach this group, I'd love to hear them.    Obviously, for any "Scottish" team we have to have proper coach selection procedures followed but your suggestions will be taken seriously as it would be your team.    Nonetheless, we'd make sure you had a high level coach that you'd enjoy being coached by.  
Best,
Neal Rayner
Water Polo Development Officer

FINA Referees Clinic

Congratulations to Paul Metcalfe who has been invited by British Swimming to take part in the FINA Referees Clinic being held this weekend in Manchester.  Paul will also be acting as a table official at the Women,s European Waterpolo Championships.

Bowling Night

A big thank you to Paul and Ali for organising a successful trip to Bowlplex tonight.  A mixture of 31 players and parents enjoyed two games of bowling.  Well done to Nicola Tate who was "Top Bowler" with a score of 293!

The above championships will take place on 7 – 12 July 2009 in the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

For tickets call the ticket hotline: 0800 220 292

Why not go along and support the Great Britain Team

www.manchester2009.com

Waterpolo Club Social Night

Hi everyone,
Paul Metcalfe and Ali Campbell are planning a waterpolo club social evening this Thursday (2nd of July) at the bowlplex, Dunfermline.
The bowling will start at 7pm and should finish around 9pm. If possible, could everyone be there for 6.50pm to allow time for shoe changing etc. 
Each person will get 2 games of bowling and the prices are as follows:
Adults - £10
Juniors (includes students with valid card) - £8
Afterwards, anyone who is up for it (and old enough) will head out for a few drinks up the town.
As a result, there will be NO TRAINING at Cowdenbeath on Thursday the 2nd of July.
 There are limited spaces available, so anyone who is interested in coming along should contact either:
 - Paul Metcalfe on: 07713 623 996 or paulmetcalfe7@hotmail.com
 - Ali Campbell on: 07815 439 028 or Alasdairacampbell@hotmail.com
If those interested in coming along could let us know by Monday night at the latest that would be a big help!
Cheers,
Paul and Ali

Sunday Night Session

As tomorrow is the last Sunday session at Cowdenbeath before the closedown, the inflatable will be in the pool from 7.00 - 7.30pm.  Games will be played for the remainder of the time.  Don't be late!!!

Summer Closedown Dates Confirmed

The last session before the closedown will be Thursday 2nd July.  We will re-start on Sunday 16th August.  Have a good summer!

Scottish Waterpolo Calendar

Ken Fussell has put together a Scottish Waterpolo Calendar which will be updated regularly with games and other events that involve Scottish waterpolo players.

Contractors Appointed

'Barr Construction' have been appointed to carry-out the refurbishment works at the Carnegie Centre following the completion of the enabling works.

Ladies Scottish Cup Match Cancelled

Menzieshill Whitehall are unable to raise a team, therefore they have forfeited the match and DWPC declared the winners.

Defeat in Scottish Cup Final

DWPC were beaten 10-15 by a physical and more experienced Portobello team in tonight's 2008 Scottish Cup final.  Once again DWPC fielded a young team, with only four of their players aged over 20!  Goal scorers: D Campbell 1, A Campbell 4, C Campbell 2, A Woodall 2, C Fraser 1

Open Meeting

Due to work commitments, David Baxter will not be able to attend the Open Meeting tomorrow night.  He has however put his views and thoughts on paper.  Please have a read.

Rescheduled Open Meeting

The Club's Open Meeting will now be held on Tuesday 23rd June 2009 at 7.30pm in the Del Farquarson Centre.  All senior players, members and parents of junior members are urged to attend the meeting to discuss the future of the club. There are a few important issues to try and resolve.  Despite the club having two of its most successful years , particularly at junior level, we have just recently seen the resignation of our Head Coach and temporary secretary. Compounded by falling membership and
revenue, probably due to our shift from Carnegie Centre and a total of four committee members trying to run the club, it has become apparent that this situation is not sustainable. We need the support of everyone involved in this club to ensure it has a future. A future that will take us back to a fantastic new facility at Carnegie Centre where we can hopefully build on the foundations that have been laid over the past few years.

The items for discussion are:
1 Fundamental direction of club
2 Increase in Committee support ( many hands make light work )
3 Coaching Strategy
4 Financial issues ( Can the club remain solvent? )
5 If we can resolve the first four, lets start building a social, fun
side to the club
6 AOB

LEN Women's European Nations Trophy

The above tournament will be held in Manchester Aquatic Centre from 7th - 12th July.  Click here for schedule of matches.

Once again, Paul Metcalfe has been invited to be one of the Table Officials for this tournament.

GB Funding

See article pointed out by Brian Littlejohn.

Reminder

The Men's 2008 Scottish Cup final will be played at HMS Caledonia on Monday 22nd June 2009.  There will be no training that night.  If anyone does not have a pass to get into HMS Caledonia please contact the webmaster as soon as possible.

Seniors Scottish National League 2009

The draw has been made for the Seniors Scottish National League.  Dunfermline WPC will play the following matches:

16 August     - Portobello  (12.45)
30 August     - Menzieshill (12.45)
6 September - Warrender  (11.40)

All matches will be played at Stirling.  If you need any other information, please contact Stewart Carlile.

Note from Stewart:  There is time available on 23rd as well. I propose that we use this for a Caley session. This will give us a nice run into the NLs which start the next weekend.

Summer Closedown

The proposed summer closedown dates are as follows:

Last Session - Thursday 2nd July 2009.  First session back - Sunday 16th August 2009.  We will let you know when this has been confirmed.

Training Cancelled

There will be no training on Saturday 20th June.  I believe this is due to a swimming gala taking place at Kirkcaldy, but I have only heard that on the grapevine! 

E.G.M Cancelled

Due to work commitments of several of the older players, and in order to maximise attendance, the E.G.M due to be held on Tuesday 9th June has been cancelled.  This will be replaced by an Open Meeting on a date yet to be decided.  We will let you know once the date has been set.  

Website move
Because of the sudden death of our web host we will have to relocate the website in the near future. We are carrying on with the current host for the moment but the service could shut down at anytime. Hopefully we will have transferred to a new host before there is a problem and the website will be "off air" only for a very short period if at all. It is expected that we will retain the same domain name. G.S.

Training on Saturday 30th May

As the Scottish Cup final was due to be played on 30th May, the pool at Kirkcaldy was not booked for the evening training session.  A Caledonia training session will take place at Stirling starting at 10.00am until 12.00pm.  Please arrive by 9.45am.  All seniors and older juniors should make every effort to attend this session.  If you are unable to attend, please contact Stewart Carlile.

Men's Scottish Cup Final

The re-arranged men's 2008 Scottish Cup final will take place on Monday 22nd June 2009 at 7.30pm in HMS Caledonia.  There will be no training that night.

EGM Confirmed

The date of the EGM has been confirmed as 7.30pm on Tuesday 9 June 2009 at Cowdenbeath.

The AGM has been arranged for Tuesday 3 November 2009  at Cowdenbeath starting at 7.30pm.

Club Coach Resigns

By now, most members will have heard that Brian Campbell has resigned as Club Coach.  An E.G.M will be held on Tuesday 9th June 2009 at 7.30pm in Cowdenbeath Leisure Centre (room confirmation awaited).  It is vitally important that all members, parents and interested parties attend this meeting to determine the way ahead and agree upon the future Management of the Club both in and out of the water.
Volunteers are needed to Chair and take minutes at the meeting.

Training Cancelled

The session at HMS Caledonia on Monday 25 May 2009 has been cancelled due to the Bank Holiday.

Cup Finals Cancelled

Due to neither of the oppositions being able to raise a team, the 2008 Scottish Cup Finals due to be played on Saturday 30th May at Stirling have been cancelled.

LEN Magazine
A new edition of the LEN Magazine has been issued. It concentrates on the FINA World Championships seen through European eyes. Water polo pp.50-54. It is quite a large PDF (14Mb)

GB Funding Crisis - continued

A reply has been received from Scottish Swimming regarding the letter sent by Brian Campbell.  A further letter has been sent in response.

Visit of Waterpolo Development Officer

Neil Raynor the new Scottish Water Polo Development Officer will visit the Club on Sunday 17 May 2009 at 7pm.

2008 Scottish Cup Finals

The 2008 Scottish Cup finals will be held at Stirling on Saturday 30th May 2009.
The order of play is :-
10am : Ladies - DWPC vs Menzieshill (25m pitch)
11am : Men - DWPC vs Portobello (30m pitch)
All teams to arrive early to allow a prompt start as there is limited time to play the matches.

Semi Final Success

Dunfermline have won their Mens Scottish Cup 2008 Semi Final.  They beat Menzieshill Whitehall last night 13-6.  They will now play the winners of the second semi final, either Portobello or Edinburgh University, in the final.  Team and goals scored in brackets:  S Metcalfe, R Tate (1), D Campbell (1), D Stewart (2), Z Thomson, P Metcalfe (1), C Campbell (4), S Carlile (1), A Woodall (3)

DWPC Seniors Win Warrender 5s

Dunfermline Seniors have won the clubs first silverware of the 2009 season.  They beat Leeds 8-3 in the final of the Warrender 5s tournament to-day.  Hopefully more details to follow.

Team:  S Metcalfe, S Carlile, C Fraser, R Tate, A Woodall, J Wood, C Campbell, D Campbell

From Club Coach
HMS CALEDONIA
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Unfortunately due to the lack of a Coach the session at HMS Caledonia on Monday 11 May 2009 has been cancelled.
DOMESTIC CONVENER
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Jonny Hepburn has resigned so we need a new Domestic Coordinator to organise games in Scotland.
I have attached the Role Descriptor. If you are interested or know anyone who maybe then let me know, if you require further information then get in touch with Ken Fussell

ASA Cup Photographs 

Further GB Update

GB played in the final today but were beaten 11-10 by Portugal.

GB Update

GB 91s have won their third game 19-4.  Andrew was one of the goal scorers.  The final is tomorrow at 9.30am.

GB Juniors

Andrew Woodall is away in Portugal with the GB 1991 squad.  They will be playing three matches.  According to Andrew's Bebo page I quote "Two out of two for GB 1991's ... Beat Denmark 16-11 and beat Portugal 14-11".  Good luck to the team in their remaining match.

Session Changes

Training on Saturday, 2nd May at Kirkcaldy is ON.   In the absence of Brian Campbell, Richie Metcalfe will be taking the session.

Due to the bank holiday, there will be no training at HMS Caledonia on Monday, 4th May.

Win for DWPC 94's

DWPC have won their 2008 1994+ joint League and Cup match played on tuesday night.  They beat  Warrender/Portobello 17-7 (4-2, 4-1, 6-1 & 3-4).  We were always in control of this match with the main players left on the bench at the start and introduced late on in the game.
Scorers : Nicola Tate & Calum Ironside (5); Darren Campbell (3); Alexander Johnstone & Christopher Campbell (2); Joe Thomson; Liam Rodger & James Pulham.

From the Waterpolo Development Officer

Hello Water Polo Enthusiasts,

  Many of you have asked during the water polo committee meetings to see the Scottish Swimming Facilities Plan 2009-2014 I'm happy to say the draft of this is now available for everyone to see online and it welcomes you to provide feedback by May 15th.  From a water polo standpoint I recommend you do; nicely and concisely please as Scottish Swimming is strongly supporting creating facilities that serve the swimming and water polo community.    Please forward this information to people in your clubs that are interested as I know not everyone reads the Scottish Swimming website.   http://www.scottishswimming.com/index.php?id=794 .  While I recommend reading the entire document I will point out the following is said about water polo:

Water Polo – Recreational club level water polo is serviced effectively by local and regional swimming pools.  However, there is a requirement for pools hosting international events to have the following dimensions:

·                        Men:  length 20.6 - 30.6m, width 10 - 20m

·                        Women:  length 20.6 - 25.6m, width 10 - 20m

These pool dimensions can normally be accommodated within existing pools, but the larger field of play only if there is an 8 lane (2.5m width/lane) x 50m pool.  For national and international competition there is a requirement for a 2m constant depth.

Win for DWPC Seniors

DWPC successfully held their first match at HMS Caledonia tonight.  They beat Warrender 13-7 (2-2, 4-2, 4-1, 3-2) in a first round match of the belated 2008 Scottish Cup.   They now face Menzieshill Whitehall in the semi-final.

Team Members (Goals scored in brackets):  S Metcalfe, R Tate (1), D Campbell (4), D Stewart (3), 

Z Thomson (1), C Campbell, J Wood, S Carlile, R Metcalfe, A Woodall (4), J Hinley

LEN European Nations Trophy

Tickets are now on sale for the upcoming LEN European Nations Trophy which takes place  in Manchester from 7^th – 12^th July. If you would like to purchase your tickets now please use this link http://www.awards.sportcentric.com/vsite/vproduct/page/productlist/0,7631,5061-196090-213313-46790-product-list,00.html

There will be eight countries competing at the prestigious event and they are Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine and Great Britain. The draw for the competition is set to take place in Lugano on the 30^th May in conjunction with the men’s B event.

For more information on the event please visit www.manchester2009.com

Floating Goals for Kirkcaldy
The 'Fife Leisure Trust' have agreed to provide a set of Senior floating goals for the Kirkcaldy
pool, they will be relocated to The Carnegie Centre when it re-opens along with the Junior goals we
have already procured. We would hope to receive them during May 2009.

Our thanks go to 'The Fife Leisure Trust' for their continued support of the Club.

ASA JUNIOR (under 19) CUP FINAL
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Dunfermline 9 Invicta 10 (2-2, 2-2, 3-4 & 2-2)

This proved to be a very exciting and closely fought match with Invicta ahead for all but a short time. Our team, which had only four over 15 players, performed well against an older and bigger Invicta team and, had we taken our chances in the final period could have won the match.

The teams traded goals in the first quarter after Invicta opened the scoring to leave them tied at 2-2 after the first quarter. The second quarter followed exactly the same pattern with teams ending the first half of the match tied at 4-4.  The third quarter was the decisive one. Following a bad man-up from Dunfermline two goals were lost in quick succession without reply before goals were scored by each side. With Invicta winning the quarter 4-3 they had edged ahead 8-7 going into the final quarter.
Dunfermline started the period strongly and with 5 minutes to play had tied the match at 9-9. Chances were missed by both sides before Invicta scored the decisive goal with just over 1 minute to play, despite pushing forward Dunfermline were unable to find the goal which would have taken the match into extra time.

Throughout the match Jake Hinley continued the form which took us into the final with many excellent saves to keep us in the match. We were indeed 2 goals behind four times during the match and kept on coming back.
Invicta were a good team and we pushed them to the wire unfortunately we did not take our chances and Invicta did.

Scorers : Lewis Dawson 3, Lewis Don, Darren Campbell & Andrew Woodall 2 each
Man-up : 2 from 5 (+ 1 penalty) scored Man down : 2 from 3 saved.

Team : Jake Hinley, Robert Tate, Andrew Melville, Lewis Don, Zach Thomson,
Darren Campbell, Christopher Campbell, Jordan Wood, Andrew Woodall, Craig
Wilkinson, Lewis Dawson, Logan Shepherd & Joe Thomson.

Dunfermline also had an official present.  Paul Metcalfe was invited to be one of the referees and presided over two of the four finals.   

Seniors Match

DWPC Seniors will play Warrender on Monday 27th April at HMS Caledonia.  The team should aim to be there for 7.15pm at latest.  If anyone has any queries about entry into HMS Caledonia, please contact the Webmaster ASAP.  There will be no training for the younger players.

GB Funding Crisis

Brian Campbell has written a letter to Scottish Swimming regarding the GB funding crisis.  Any comments, please email Brian.

Hungarian Coach seeks job

Brian Littlejohn asked if we could "advertise" that a Hungarian coach, at present working in Japan, is looking to work in Britain. He has supplied letter and C.V.

Success at ASA Cup

Dunfermline 91s have won their three games today in Liverpool. 

In their first game they beat Exeter 12-9.  

Goal scorers:  Robert Tate 1, Darren Campbell 1, Christopher Campbell 4, Andrew Woodall 4, Lewis Dawson 2.

They then beat Manchester B 8-2, with the three 91 players starting the match on the bench.  They rounded off the day with a close victory over Carlisle 4-3.  Goal scorers:  Darren Campbell 2, Christopher Campbell 1, Andrew Woodall 1.  Birmingham pulled out of the competition.

Dunfermline face Invicta in the final on 25th April.

Training Tonight Cancelled

We have been informed that the pool at HMS Caledonia is closed, therefore there will be no training tonight.

News From Club Coach

Training has been cancelled on Saturday, 4 April 2009.

The Club has learned that GB High Performance Director, Nick Hume, has resigned from his position as the dismantling of the GB Water polo high performance infrastructure continues in the wake of the withdrawal of funding by UK Sport and British Swimming.   Nick has been instrumental in driving through various initiatives which have moved GB Water polo forward over the past few years and which many of our younger members have benefitted from. The Club thanks him for his considerable efforts and wish him and his family well for the future.

Nick Hume Resigns

Nick Hume, British Swimming's National Director of Waterpolo has resigned citing the shortfall in funding through to 2012.  For full story, see BBC Website.

SCOTTISH SWIMMING REGISTRATION
I will be at the sessions on Thursday and Sunday night and Brian Campbell will be at the session next Monday to collect your outstanding fees.
We will submit our return on 25 March 2009 and anyone who hasn't paid will no longer be able to train, compete or take part in any Scottish Swimming activity - this is a Scottish rule and our Insurance is null & void if we do not follow the rule.

Roddy Mackay

Club Treasurer

From Club Coach

Both games against Romanians were won 11-8
ASA Cup - team played well but lost many chances to win against both Sheffield and Invicta. The Birmingham game didn't matter and I treated it as a training game.
We eventually received the Shield we won last year ( Lancaster were hiding it!) and a new team photo was taken.
Better report to follow during the week.

Scottish Willie Mellors Team

The Scottish Willie Mellors team get a mention on the In The Winning Zone Website.

Cup Defence Over for 93s

DWPC 93s team have failed to qualify for the finals of the ASA Cup.  They got off to a good start beating Exeter 8-2.  They then drew with Sheffield 5-5.  They were beaten 6-7 by Invicta and lost their final game 3-10 to Birmingham.  I believe that as they could not qualify going into the last match the younger players got some time in the water.  Team Captain, Zach Thomson says "thanks to everyone for their effort. We now need to get back to training and get fit ready for next year".

Wins for GB Academy Team

The GB Academy boys team have been in action this weekend in Lancaster, taking part in a training camp and matches against a Romanian club team.  They won their first match 11-8.  Darren Campbell scored one and Christopher Campbell scored two.  I have not been given the score of the second game but Darren scored three and Christopher one.

Senior ASA Competitions

The SWPC has expressed an interest in sending both senior men and women's national teams to an ASA competition in Cardiff. Details have still to be provided but the event will most likely take place on 23/24 May. Travel and accommodation for this event will need to be self funded. More information will be sent out when a final decision on attendance and the selection process is agreed.

Grantham College Open Day

Grantham College Waterpolo Academy Open Day will be held on Tuesday 31st March 2009.  See flyer for more details. 

ASA Cup Preparation

Our 1993+ team are travelling to Menzieshill this evening for a training match in preparation for the ASA Cup this weekend. On Tuesday 17th March Portobello are the hosts for our 1991+ team as  they prepare for their ASA Cup matches later this month.

The Club wish to thank both Menzieshill and Portobello for their co-operation and assistance in the preparation of our teams for their difficult challenges ahead.

Scotland Win the Willie Mellors Tournament

In their final match of the weekend, Scotland beat British Police 8-6 to take the Willie Mellors Trophy.  Congratulations to all of the team and a thank you to Iain McCallum and Richie Metcalfe for helping make this happen.  Team Managers Report and Photographs

Wins for Scotland at Willie Mellors

Scotland have won their first two matches at the Willie Mellors Tournament.  They have beaten South Derbyshire 13-5 and Combined Services 10-5.  They are due to play their last match of the day against British Police at 4pm.

News From Club Coach

SCOTTISH FEES
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The mandatory Scottish fees from March 2009-2010 are -

> Aquatic 1 (under 8 at 1/3/2009) = £7.20
> Aquatic 2 (over 8 and under 11 at 1/3/2009) = £16.00
> Aquatic 3 (over 11 at 1/3/2009) = £ 29.60
> Aquatic 4 Club Volunteer = £7.20
> Aquatic 5 Technical Official = £7.20
> Aquatic 6 Teacher & Coach = £11.85
> Aquatic 9 Tutor = £30.90
> Aquatic 10 Disability = £7.20

First claim members should pay the required amount to the Treasurer immediately either by cash / cheque at a training session or post a cheque
to - Roddy MacKay, 4 Laxford Crescent, Dalgety-Bay KY11 9TX.
Please contact either myself or Roddy Mackay if you are unsure of your category or your status as a first or second claim member.
Payments are required by 25 March 2009 to retain both Club Membership and Scottish registration. A Scottish registration is required before you can participate in any competition and / or train with the Club (and also
Caledonia).
Should you fail to re-register your Club membership will lapse.

MEDICAL DECLARATION
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Members competing at Scottish or UK level should complete and return the
attached Medical form to Scottish Swimming should you be regularly taking
medication (for Asthma for example). This form should be returned on an
annual basis.

Kirkcaldy Cancellations
The Club Coach has notified members that the following Saturday evening sessions at Kirkcaldy have been cancelled :-
7 March 2009; 14 March 2009 & 28 March 2009.
Our next session at Kirkcaldy will therefore be on Saturday 21 March 2009.

Willie Mellors Tournament

Dunfermline players David Baxter, Stewart Carlile, Simon Metcalfe, Robert Tate and Andrew Woodall are in action for Scotland this weekend at the Willie Mellors Tournament in Aldershot.  They will play British Police, Combined Services and South Derbyshire.  Good luck to all of the players.

Warrender 5's Tournament

The draw has been made for the Warrender 5's tournament which will be held at Portobello on 9th May 2009.  

Draw as follows:

Group A                    Group B

Warrender                 Warrender B

Clontarf                     Leeds

Edinburgh Uni            Dunfermline

Burnley                      Fleetwood

Appointment of Waterpolo Development Officer

It has been announced that Neal Reyner has been appointed as Waterpolo Development Officer.  He takes up this role on 9th March 2009.  For more information, see Scottish Swimming website

British Championship News

Lancaster have been crowned British Champions after beating Rotherham 8-7 in a closely fought final.

In the women's competition, Manchester beat Liverpool in another closely fought final on penalties. Match Reports

British Championship News

In today's matches, Lancaster beat Manchester and Rotherham beat West London Penguin to set up a Lancaster v Rotherham final tomorrow.

ASA Cup Draws

The draw for the ASA Cup this year has our teams facing a very difficult task to reach the respective finals. With no semi-finals only the winners of each group will progress.

Youth Cup (1993+):-
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Sunday 15 March 2009, Coventry Sports Centre, Fairfax Street, Coventry CV1 5RY

Draw -
2pm DWPC vs Exeter
3pm DWPC vs Sheffield
4pm DWPC vs Invicta
5pm DWPC vs Birmingham

Junior Cup (1991+) :-
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Saturday 28 March 2009, Liverpool Aquatics Centre, Wellington Road, Liverpool L15 4LE

Draw -
2pm DWPC vs Exeter
3pm DWPC vs Carlisle
4pm DWPC vs Manchester B
5pm DWPC vs Birmingham

British Championships

The finals of the British Championship are being held this weekend in Manchester.  The four teams that qualified are Manchester, Lancaster, Rotherham and West London Penguin.  Paul Metcalfe will be one of the Table Officials. 

DWPC Win Awards

Congratulations to DWPC 1993 British Cup Winning Team.  They have been awarded the Rotary Club of Dunfermline Junior Team of the Year Award at tonight's DWFSC Sports Awards.  Photo

Congratulations also go to Brian Campbell who won the Sport Tayside and Fife Sports Coach of the Year Award.  Photo

A great start to what we hope will be a successful year for the club and members!

Campbell Twins Selected

Darren and Christopher Campbell have been selected to take part in a GB National Academy training camp and matches against a Romanian team.  This will be held in Lancaster on 13th and 14th March.  For full team details see Lancaster website.

Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia have finished 4th in NWWPL Division 3.  Click here for final league tables.

Player of the Year Awards

Congratulations go to Andrew Woodall on the award of Scottish Junior Player of the Year. Neilson Rutherford (Portobello) was awarded the Senior award.

ASA Cup Competitions

The Club have entered the ASA Youth (1993+) & Junior (1991+) boys competitions.

The dates advised to us are -

Youth Boys (1993+), Sun 15 March 2009 at Walsall
Junior Boys (1991+), Sat 28 March 2009 at Liverpool  
Finals on Sat 25 April 2009 at Manchester

The draw for these competitions is due to be issued around 20 February 2009.

Dunfermline Players Selected For Scotland

Congratulations to Simon Metcalfe, Robert Tate, Stewart Carlile, Andrew Woodall and David Baxter on their selection for the Scotland team who will travel to Aldershot for the 2009 "Willie Mellors Invitational Tournament". The full team is as follows - 

Simon Metcalfe

Robert Tate

Andrew Woodall

Stewart Carlile

David Baxter 

Elliot Robertson

Stevie Adams

Lewis Don

Steven Cuthbert 

James Scobie

Tom Crammond 

David Armstrong

Callum MacGregor

Win For DWPC Under 18s

DWPC beat Menzieshill Whitehall 17 - 10 yesterday at Stirling in the 2008 U18s Scottish League. This was the first match for some months and the players were a little rusty. Despite that the whole team were rotated and the effort was good from all the team. We await the date of the next match against Warrender which we anticipate being a difficult match. 

Scorers were: Z Thomson 1, D Campbell 4, C Campbell 6, J Wood 1, T Bonnar 2, N Tate 2, A Melville 1

Selection for DWPC Member 

Congratulations to Paul Metcalfe who has been selected to be a table official at the forthcoming British Championships in Manchester.

Olympic Funding Decision

The final funding decisions were made by UK Sport on Thursday. Waterpolo has been allocated £1.45 million representing a 50% cut.  See reactions to this news on BBC and Friends of Waterpolo websites.

Warrender 5s Tournament

The Club have accepted an invitation to compete in the Warrender fives which  will be held at Portobello on Saturday 9th May 2009.  More details when available.

Decision Day!

UK Sport meet today to decide how the remaining £12 million funding will be allocated.  

See article about waterpolo on BBC Website

Junior Scottish National League Matches

Due to Scottish Schools Swimming taking place on Saturday, DWPC's match against Warrender will be re-scheduled.  DWPC will now play Menzieshill Whitehall at 3.30pm.

2008 Scottish Cup Matches

Following discussion it has been decided that this competition will take place.  Further details will follow.

News From Club Coach

To : Members

SUNDAY SESSION
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Unfortunately our change of time request was lost during a Fife Region systems failure hence the problems over the past two weeks on a Sunday evening.

From Sunday 1 February 2009 our training time on a Sunday evening will be
from 7pm - 8.30pm for both the Development and Academy squads, an updated
squad list is attached.

ASA CUP - 2009
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We have entered the 1991+ & 1993+ boys competitions again this year which we expect will be played during March / April 2009. Senior players should note that Senior/Junior sessions will be geared towards this squad as they prepare for these competitions. Attendance by Senior players will be appreciated to provide opposition for the team and it is hoped that you will attend whenever possible. Maximum attendance by those involved in the squads is required as we have to raise our standard again from last year.

Membership Fees
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These are due now either in cash or via your standing order at an additional £2 per month.

SASA Registration Fees
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These will be due in March 2009. We will be advised of the fee and first claim members should make payment as soon as possible. We require to make a return by 31 March 2009, those who have not paid their fees will not be re-registered and therefore will be unable to attend training or represent the Club in matches.

Level One Team Managers Course

Team Manager Level 1: Local Competitions is being delivered at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh on the 17 February 2009 from 6.30pm – 9.30pm.

This workshop will look in depth at the role of the Team Manager, but more specifically to:

• provide a basic understanding of the role of a Team Manager
• provide a simple guidelines for good team management
• provide “Top Tips” to assist Club Team Managers and DRP Team Managers dealing with young swimmers

  Please find attached a workshop application form.  If you are interested in attending please return this to me with the appropriate fee or request for invoice.

CPD points are available for this workshop.

If you have any questions please get in touch.

Thanks

Eilidh McCall-Lawrie  
Volunteer Development Manager
Scottish Swimming

National Academy Summer Training Camp

This will be held at Millfield School in Somerset from 2nd - 7th August 2009.  The age group this year is 95/96.  As there is no Scottish RTC at present, anyone wishing to attend should contact Brian Campbell.  

Training Cancelled

Due to the Junior League matches being played on Saturday 31st January at Stirling, training at Kirkcaldy has been cancelled.

Caledonia Ladies News

Caledonia Ladies were in action this weekend in Manchester for the final weekend of NWWPL Division 3.  They played two matches. They beat Bristol 7-5 on Saturday and drew 6-6 against Liverpool B on Sunday.  Sunday's scorers:  C Connor 2, S Johnstone 3, L Burrel 1.  Unfortunately I do not have Saturdays scorers.  As yet the updated league is not available on the NWWPL website, so I cannot tell you where the team finished in the league.

Award for Ladies Goalie

This weekend in Manchester at the last weekend of the NWWPL Division 3, Chantal Guillot won the "Best Goalie Award" for Division 3.  Congratulations from everyone at DWPC.

Fixtures News
Details for the remaining 2008 League competitions follow have been received from Jonathan Hepburn today.

Willie Mellors U16 - Boys 92+ & Girls 90+

Sat 31st Jan 3:30pm : Dunfermline vs Portobello/Warrender
National Academy U14 - Players born 1994+
Sat 31st Jan 5:30pm - 94+ : Menzieshill Whitehall vs Dunfermline
Sat 31st Jan 6:30pm - 94+ - Dunfermline vs Portobello/Warrender
2008 Scottish Cups
Due to a number of reasons the 2007 cup competitions were not played until May / June 2008.  To avoid a repeat of this and to try to put some structure back into the Water Polo calendar I am proposing that the 2008 Scottish Cup competitions be cancelled.  

The 2009 cup competition will be played in Autumn / Winter of this year following the completion of the league competitions which will hopefully finish around the end of spring / beginning of the summer.
An email will be issued shortly regarding the 2009 competitions. The League format will consist of a home match, an away match and a Central venue deep water match i.e. each team will play each other 3 times.
Please can you speak to your clubs and let me know your thoughts on the cancelling of the 2008 cup competition and if there are any strong objections.  Members with any views on the above proposed cancellation should e-mail
Jonathan at : Jonathan.Hepburn@rbs.co.uk

From Brian:  My own view is that an attempt should be made to play as many of the 2008 Cup competitions as possible in a central venue as soon as possible, certainly for the junior competitions only a few games are required.

Training Cancelled

Due to maintenance work taking longer than planned there will be no training at HMS Caledonia on Monday 19th January 2009.

From the Secretary

SPORTS AWARDS
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The Club will be represented at the Sports Awards in two categories -
The Rotary Club of Dunfermline Junior team award & Sport Tayside & Fife Coach of the year - Brian Campbell
The award Ceremony takes place at the Glen Pavilion, Dunfermline from 7pm on Wednesday 18 February 2009.
Tickets for the event cost £5, please advise if you wish to attend, monies should be paid direct to the Club and tickets will be ordered for you.

Sunday Session
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After a successful session last Sunday it has been decided to have both squads using the pool at the same time from 6.30pm - 8pm giving all players a 1.5hr session.
Our younger players may find the extra 30 minutes difficult, the coaching team will watch these players, if they are tired they can stop early or take a rest, please let them know. Whilst we appreciate the earlier start time does not help those who have to travel some distance it does mean an earlier finish for all especially the youngest players.
This will be effective immediately.

Water Polo Balls
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The Club were made aware by Fife Council of excess funds which were being made available to purchase equipment. We have been successful in our request for eight new men's Mikasa water polo balls at a value of £200. They will be left at Cowdenbeath.

Sportsmatch Application
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The Club has submitted an application for a Sportsmatch matching grant to assist with the costs of our Junior teams competing in the ASA Cup competitions this season.  A decision on our application is expected late February at which time further information can be provided.

Secretary
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Members are reminded that the position of Secretary remains vacant although I have retained the official position until such time as a replacement can be found as the Club must operate with a named Secretary.  A volunteer to share the load is therefore sought. In itself the position need not be an onerous one - it becomes more difficult when combined with other responsibilities (i.e. coaching). Support is available from ex secretaries.
If interested please discuss with me.

From Club Coach

To: Club Members,

First session at Kirkcaldy is this evening (Sat 10th) 5.30pm - 7pm and the first session at Cowdenbeath is tomorrow evening (11 Jan) from 7pm.

Following the change of time at Rosyth the revised session times and squad lists are attached.

Please note the following:

1)  The additional 30 minutes at Rosyth is open to all members attending.
2)  Junior squad members are not expected to attend on a Sunday evening although they may do so to assist with  the development of the younger players and practice basic skills.
3)  The Development squad attends the first hour on a Sunday evening and the Academy squad attends the second hour.

A rota for the Coaches has also been issued to ensure that poolside coaches are available, the use of current players has been minimised to ensure that their fitness does not suffer.

No further UKCC Level 1 course is planned this year as a minimum of eight members is required, should eight members / parents wish to sit the course this could be reconsidered, anyone interested in helping on the poolside should contact me (minimum age is 16).

Valuing Your Volunteers Workshops

Dates have been issued for several Team Manager courses this year.  A "Valuing Your Sports Volunteers" workshop is being held for Water Polo on Saturday January 24^th from 10:00 am till 1:00 pm at Stirling . This workshop is aimed at Committee Members, Volunteer Coordinators and those who assist in recruitment of volunteers. It will help clubs to recruit more volunteers, motivate, retain, reward and manage them even more effectively.   This should be a very valuable workshop for all committee members of clubs and others. It should provide clubs with ideas on how to increase the number of volunteers involved in Water Polo. More people are badly needed to help share the load.   See flyer for course dates.  Click here for Volunteer Workshop application form. 

Friends of Waterpolo

A website has now been launched and can be accessed at www.friendsofwaterpolo.co.uk

To: Club Members

GRANT APPLICATION
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The Club has submitted an application to 'Awards for all' to provide floating goals and other equipment to be used initially at Kirkcaldy then relocated to Carnegie Centre when it re-opens.
The result of our application is expected within the next two months.

CALEDONIA SESSION
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Our request for an additional 30 minutes on a Monday evening has been successful, the session will therefore commence at 7.30pm finishing at 8.50pm. This will allow for both a more meaningful session (open to all members) and allow matches to be played at this time. This is expected to commence from Monday 12 January 2009.

GB Funding

The NWPL website carries an article on the current funding crisis.  A copy of the response by David Sparkes of British Swimming has been received by email.

A petition regarding the funding has been set up on the Downing Street website if you would like to add your name to it.

To: Club Members

First session at HMS Caledonia is on Monday 5 January 2009 from 8pm.

First session at Kirkcaldy is from 5pm on Saturday 10 January 2009.

First session at Cowdenbeath is from 7pm on Sunday 11 January 2009.

Please contact me if you are unsure which session you should attend

Brian Campbell

Club Coach

01383 737537 / 07980 691732

Message From Treasurer

Dear All,

Happy New Year - hope everyone had a good time over the holiday period. For all of the players receiving this message it will soon be time to return to training to see if you can make 2009 another successful year for Dunfermline Waterpolo Club. For me it’s time to remind you that the 2009 Membership fee of £25 is now due and that the 2009 monthly Standing Order charge is £18 per member (capped at a maximum monthly figure of £45 where there are three or more playing members from one family at the club). I would therefore ask that you arrange to alter your current Standing Order to the new amount with immediate effect and that the Annual Membership Fee is either paid directly to the Club via the Bank details you already have or by cash/cheque to Brian or Iain at poolside (they in turn will pass it on to myself). If you have viewed the information section of the Club website you will see that we are also affording members the facility to spread the annual membership charge over the course of the year by adding £2 per month to the regular payment.

I look forward to your assistance in making the necessary adjustments to the payments as soon as possible and thank you for your continued support of the club.

Regards,

Roddy MacKay

Funeral Details

Ron Braund's funeral will be held on Monday 5th January at 10am in Dunfermline Crematorium.

Is This The End  Of GB Waterpolo

From the Secretary:

To : Members
Following the recent decision by UK Sport not to allocate any funds for the period 2009-2012 to GB Water polo until late January 2009 and at a reduced amount from the previous allocation (£3M), GB Water polo now faces a financial crisis.
Discussions have been taking place over this issue between various parties in England and a 'Friends of Water polo' lobbying group set-up.  More information and comments will follow.

Fantastic Fundraising Effort

The following has been received from Zach:

Today we raised a further £941 with our bag packing at M&S. Thanks go to all who helped today at any time. A special well done is also due to Andrew Woodall who helped the staff with the "Turkey Collection Service" all day and did a great job! Also big thanks to Beth, Caitlin, Grace, Gael and the Melvilles who travelled from a far to help us out!
This means that since Sunday with three bag packing days and the raffle the club has made a grand total of £2765. This should give the club the extra boost that it needs financially going into the New Year. A final thanks is due to Jeanette and Sylvia for organising the raffle once again this year.
We can all sit back and enjoy Christmas now! Thanks again.
Zach

I would just like to add that a HUGE thank you should go to Iain Thomson who has done a fantastic job in organising this fundraising and to everyone who has helped over the three days.

Sad News

The Club were saddened to hear of the death of Ron Braund, father of ex member Colin Braund.

UKCC Level 1

Congratulations to the following on completing their UKCC Level 1 waterpolo coaching course -
Keith Falconer; Scott Wilson; Andrew Woodall; Robert Tate; Mike Poole; Donald Griffiths & Stewart Hamilton. They are welcome additions to our coaching pool with eight members having passed the course previously.
In addition Elliot Robertson and Michael Adamson also completed the course.
The results are expected  to be announced during February 2009.

Message from Iain Thomson - Bagpackinig

Today's efforts at Tesco were great from all members of both DWPC and DASC. Overall we raised £1410 and that gives each club £705. Staff at Tesco were full of praise for all involved- both parents and swimmers.   At the end of the day lots of packers were beginning to wilt but it was still smiles all round.  Thanks again to all involved- hope to see polo players again tomorrow or Tuesday!
Thanks
Iain

Christmas Hamper Raffle

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Christmas Hamper Raffle.  We made a profit of £278.  Prize winners were:

1st Prize   Sylvia Mackay  2nd Prize   Calum Fraser  3rd Prize  B Jamieson

There were three other prizes, all of which have been claimed.

Urgent Request from Fundraiser!

URGENT NEWS!!!!
We have just received a call asking us if we could bag pack on Tuesday 23rd of December at M&S because of a cancellation. This is the busiest day of the year and we urgently require helpers- we couldn’t possibly say no. Those who volunteer to pack for a large period of time through the day will have their lunch bought for them by the club. The day will start again at 9am and finish at 6pm.
We do realise that this would be potentially 3 days in a row for some people, however with the club in such an insecure financial state it is very important that we take all of the changes we get to pack. Your efforts will be rewarded!!
Thanks to all those who have already volunteered. How about spending another day???  

Please contact Iain Thomson

Thanks to all

Portobello Stay Up

Portobello have managed to avoid relegation from NWPL Div 1.  They won their "must win" match against Polytechnic 10 - 8.  Full Results and table

DWPC Host Hamilton

On Sunday, DWPC hosted a young team from Hamilton.  This match was for our younger players, some of them playing in their first ever match.  The final score in what was a close match throughout was 11-9 to DWPC.

Goal scorers:  Sandy Norman 1,Scott Wilson 2, Daniel Woodall 2, Luke Thomson 2,  Charlie Johnstone 1, Liam Rodger 2, James  Pulham 1

From the Secretary

Members / Parents,
Please note there is a development game on Sun 14th Dec from 5pm until 6.30pm (note earlier start time) at Carnegie Centre against a team from Hamilton . It is envisaged that all juniors will get some pool time with DWPC fielding two teams possibly. Can parents ensure their children are poolside for 4.45pm to allow us time to pick two teams.
As you are probably aware this is a busy time of the year for fundraising.  The club have excellent stocking fillers in the form of a Pen/Pencil set which are personalised to celebrate DWPC’s 25th anniversary year. These cost £5 with a £1 going to club funds. We have also distributed raffle tickets for our Xmas Hamper raffle for all members to sell. Can these be returned ASAP. There is a list on the poolside notice board requesting donations for the Hamper (must be Marks and Spencer) please pop in and put your name against an item so that we can fill up the hamper.
Finally we have secured two bag packing days on Sunday the 21st of December at Tesco, Duloch Park and at M&S in Dunfermline on Monday the 22nd of December. Please put these dates in your diary as this is the most important fundraiser of the year for the club. We will require volunteers to fill 2-3hr slots on each day in order to maximise our profits, further details and a rota will be circulated soon, please keep an eye on the website for these throughout the week; www.dunfermline-wpc.co.uk

NWPL Division One

Portobello and GB Juniors are in action this weekend.  Today Portobello were beaten 6 - 12 by GBJ2.  GBJ1 won their match against Lancaster 13 - 5, but were beaten 10 - 19 by Rotherham.  Tomorrow GBJ2 play Invicta and Polytechnic, whilst Portobello play in a relegation decider against Polytechnic.  Full results

Message from Fundraiser

We have sold out all of the single pen sets but still have pen/pencil sets left for £5. Contact Iain Thomson to order them, but be quick as there are only a few left!
We have bag packing days as follows and we need volunteers to fill slots between 9am and 6pm both days:
- Tesco Duloch Park on Sunday 21st December joint with Dunfermline ASC
- M&S in Dunfermline on Monday the 22nd of December on our own.  Both stores are expected to be busy on both days and we need as many volunteers, juniors, juniors' parents and seniors, as possible to maximise our potential profits.  All names to Iain Thomson ASAP

Victory For DWPC Ladies

DWPC Ladies beat Menzieshill Whitehall Ladies 17 - 5 (4-0, 5-1, 4-3, 4-1) in their SNL match.  

Goal scorers:  F Cameron 3, N Tait 3, V Witko 1, J Mackay 6, L Burel 1, G Logan 1, L Carbonell 2

No Senior Training

I have just been informed that there will be a Ladies SNL match played tonight at 6.30pm so there will be no senior training tonight.  I apologise for the short notice, but I have only just been informed (3.30pm).

Ladies Match

There is possibly going to be a Ladies SNL match tonight at 6.30pm.  If this goes ahead there will be no senior training tonight.  Once it has been confirmed I will update the website.  Watch this space!!

NWPL Div 2/Div 3 Playoff

Congratulations to Leeds on gaining promotion to the 2nd division through defeating Hucknall 12-10 in a closely fought play-off.

Mixed Results From NWPL

GB Juniors weekend got off to a good start with GBJ1 beating Bristol 6-4 and GBJ2 beating Polytechnic 8-5. Andrew Woodall scored one of the goals.  Their luck ran out though on Sunday as they were beaten 10-7 by Cheltenham.  Unfortunately Portobello did not fair so well.  They were beaten 6-16 by Welsh Wanderer's and 15-11 by Invicta.

Funding for 2012 Olympics

Disappointing news from UK Sport re funding for the next four years to London 2012 with no funds currently allocated to Water polo following on from the £3.15m allocation for the previous period. It appears that twelve sports will have to share £12.5M in addition to any further funds that can be raised.  This may well have serious implications for the plans for GB at elite level.
Further info on BBC website and UK Sport website 

NWPL Division One

Portobello and GB Juniors are in action this weekend in Loughborough.  Portobello face Welsh Wanderer's at 6.10pm today and Invicta tomorrow at 4.40pm.  GBJ1 play Bristol today at 2.40pm.  GBJ2 face Polytechnic today at 7.20pm and Cheltenham tomorrow at 1.10pm.

British Teams in European Action

City of Liverpool and City of Sheffield Ladies are currently in European action in the LEN Trophy 2008-2009

The draw has been made for next year's World League in which GB will be taking part.  Montenegro, Italy and Rumania will provide the opposition. But the great bonus from the fans' point of view is that group matches are to be played on a home and away basis, offering the opportunity to watch many of the world's top players in action in this country.  Provisional dates for GB's home matches are 14 April, 5 May and 12 May.

DWPC Beaten Again

DWPC were beaten for the second time in a week 10-20 by Portobello.  DWPC started off strongly with their starting seven and were level at the end of the first period.  Unfortunately this did not continue and they were always up against it, with Portobello proving too strong  for our younger players.  Goal scorers:  D Stewart 5, P Metcalfe 1, A Woodall 2, Calum Fraser 2.

DWPC have now completed all of their matches and are guaranteed to finish second in the league behind Portobello, the only team to beat them.

Two Out Of Three Wins For Caledonia Ladies

 Caledonia ladies won their second game 23 - 1 against Sunderland . They then went on to win their third game 7-6, with the winning goal scored with just 0.4 seconds to go!

Defeat For Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia Ladies have lost their opening match of the weekend.  They were beaten 6-4 by Liverpool B.  Hopefully more details to follow.

Development Match

Ex Scottish Internationalist John Gaffney will be bringing his young team from Hamilton to visit the Club on Sunday 14th December to play a training match against our young players. The session will commence 30 minutes earlier at 5pm that evening and will involve all players of 1995+.
Table officials, referees, coaches etc are required to assist on the day - please step forward to help and ensure that the kids can experience the best possible conditions for their match.

Busy Weekend For Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia Ladies travel to Basingstoke this weekend.  They play Liverpool B at 3.30pm and Sunderland at 6.30pm on Saturday and Manchester C at 9.00am on Sunday.

Lancaster Crowned Champions - Again

Lancaster have won NWPL Division One for the tenth time, and with a weekend to spare!  Full story

DWPC Lose 100% Record

DWPC were beaten tonight 18-8 by Portobello.  Due to exams, illness and injury only eight players were available which included three fourteen year olds (one a goalkeeper) so it was not a bad result considering Portobello were almost at full strength. It is a credit to the Club that even with such a weakened team the fixture was fulfilled. There should be a stronger team available for the return home match on Sunday.  Hopefully, more details to follow.

DWPC maintained their unbeaten record in the Scottish National League beating Edinburgh Uni 18-12 (5-3)(6-3)(3-4)(4-2).  DWPC started this match with 2 players over the age of 18 in the starting 7, which included two 14 year olds, they were playing against far older and bigger players, but they held their own to dominate the match.

Team: S Metcalfe, C Campbell, D Stewart, D Campbell, Z Thomson, R Tate, S Carlile, A Woodall, C Fraser.

Scorers: A Woodall 6, C Campbell 5, D Campbell 3, R Tate 2, C Fraser 2.

Session Change

With the Senior players playing in the National league this weekend the
Development session on Sunday 23 November 2008 has been extended by 30
minutes and will now finish at 7pm instead of 6.30pm.

Excellent Win For DWPC

DWPC have maintained their unbeaten record in the Scottish National League beating Warrender 14 - 12.  In a closely fought match, DWPC held their own against an older, physically stronger opposition to hold on for the victory.

Goal scorers:  C Campbell 3, D Campbell 2, R Tate 1, A Woodall 6, C Fraser 2

Thank you to Mike Tate and Brian Campbell for stepping in at short notice to referee the game as we had no official referees.

Christmas Closure Dates
Last session of 2008 : Sunday 21 December 2008
First session of 2009 Sunday 11 January 2008 7pm at Cowdenbeath

Fixture Change

The DWPC v Menzieshill Whitehall ladies match scheduled for Sunday 23rd November will now take place on Sunday 7th December.

Busy Weekend Ahead

This weekend will be a busy one.  DWPC start off the weekend playing Edinburgh University on Friday night in a SNL match.  

Caledonia then travel to Walsall for their final two NWPL Division 3 matches this season.  They play South Derbyshire on Saturday at 13.45 and Ealing on Sunday at 11.00am.

Portobello travel to Lancaster where they play Polytechnic and Cheltenham.  GB Juniors 1 and 2 are also in action.  GBJ1 play Rotherham and Penguin, GBJ2 play Invicta and Welsh Wanderer's.  Good luck to all the players.

Defeat For DWPC

DWPC lost their match tonight against Warrender/Portobello.  They were beaten 10-11.  Warrender/Portobello fielded an older and physically stronger team than DWPC, who were two key players missing tonight.  Due to the short notice given to the Director of Technical Officials, there was only one match referee.  DWPC now have to await the results of the final two matches to see who will win the league.  Goal scorers:  J Hinley 1, D Campbell 1, Z Thomson 1, P Metcalfe 2, R Tate 3, J Wood 1, A Woodall 1

10 Nov 08

Re-Arranged Match

Warrender/Portobello have confirmed their availability to play the re-arranged 1987 and Later fixture on Thursday evening from 8.30pm.  There will be no Senior training that night.  

Murray Macleod has sent out an email plea for people to referee this match.  If you are able to help, please contact Murray ASAP.

Another Win For DWPC 1987 and Later

DWPC have beaten Menzieshill Whitehall for the second time in two days.  They won tonight's match 18-2, maintaining their unbeaten record.  This puts DWPC in a strong position going into their final match.

Goal Scorers:  J Hinley , N Comerford , C Campbell , D Campbell , P Metcalfe , J Wood , 

R Tate , A Woodall , S Metcalfe , Z Thomson 

Christmas Fundraising

It's almost that time of year again!  The Club are running a couple of fundraisers in the run-up to Christmas.  Details below:

CHRISTMAS STOCKING FILLERS

As this year is the Club's 25th Anniversary, we are pleased to be able to offer pen sets for sale.  Each pen will come printed with "DWPC 1983 - 2008 Celebrating 25 years".  For every set we sell, £1 will go to club funds.  These will make excellent stocking fillers, so be quick as numbers are limited.  All orders to Iain Thomson ( poolside or via iainandlornathomson@tiscali.co.uk )

CHRISTMAS HAMPER RAFFLE

We are once again holding our Annual Christmas Hamper Raffle.  Tickets are now being handed out to members.  The draw will be made on 21st December.

The hamper is made up of items from Marks and Spencer.  A list of items required for the hamper will shortly be posted on the notice board at Carnegie.  Please put your name against any items you are willing to provide.  (Please ensure they have a use by date past 21st December!) 

Please try and support these two fundraising initiatives as they raise much needed funds for the club. 

From the Secretary

Training is still on tomorrow evening (Thursday).  

Senior members are however encouraged to attend the SWPC meeting in Stirling from 7pm and give their views - if you are not prepared to do so you can subsequently have no complaints.

The meeting will now be held in the Tennis Centre Meeting Room, this is located in the Gannochy Sports Centre to the rear of Clive Ramsay's Café.  Should you require any directions please ask at The Gannochy Sports Centre and they will point you in the right direction.

The Grantham College Water Polo Academy

The Grantham College Water Polo Academy Open Day will be held on Tuesday 2nd December 2008.   See the attached flyer.

Please contact the College to enquire or book your place at the Open Day.

  College contact details:

- Phone General Enquiries: 01476 400 200
- Course Information: 0800 0521 577
- Email: enquiry@grantham.ac.uk

News From The Secretary

With our relocation plans to other pools becoming clearer the Club have received good news from the Carnegie Trust who have awarded us a grant which will allow us to purchase 2No sets of Junior adjustable floating goals. One set will be used at HMS Caledonia with the other set used at Cowdenbeath.  When the Carnegie Centre re-opens both sets will be relocated there.  These goals will assist us in continuing our Junior development programme over the next few difficult years.

Current session times from January 2009 look like being -

Sunday : 7pm - 9pm at Cowdenbeath - Development & Junior 1 hour each
Monday : 8pm - 8.50pm at Rosyth - all squads
Thursday : 9pm - 10pm at Cowdenbeath - Junior & Senior squads
Saturday : 5.30pm - 7.30pm at either Stirling or Kirkcaldy - Junior &
Senior.

The above will be discussed at the AGM.

Easy Win For DWPC 1987 and Later

DWPC beat Menzieshill Whitehall tonight 39-2 (13-0, 11-0, 10-0, 5-2).  All players had a good amount of water time.  In fact, at one point , we had our Under 16 team in the water.  All players managed to get on the score sheet except Simon, who was playing out field tonight.  Obviously his brain won't let him put the ball in the net as he is so used to having to stop them going in!!  Unfortunately, the match was marred by an incident which led to a player from each team being "wrapped" for brutality.

Goal Scorers:  A Woodall 9, Z Thomson 6, D Campbell 6, C Campbell 5, P Metcalfe 4, E Storrar 2, J Wood 2, R Tate 2, N Comerford 2, A Melville 1

Sad News

George Spowart has advised that Robert Nicholson ex-Portobello player, Warrender and Scotland coach died suddenly on Wednesday just after coming off the squash court, age around 58.  No funeral details yet. 

NWPL Division One News

Portobello and GB Juniors 2 were in action this weekend.  Portobello were beaten by Invicta 10-13, and then went on to beat GB Juniors 2 14-12.  In GB Juniors 2 other match, they were beaten 7-12 by Cheltenham.

Caledonia Ladies Beaten

Caledonia Ladies have lost their final match of the weekend.  They were beaten 8-5 by Cardiff.  Goal scorers:  C Connor 3, T Bonnar 1, S Johnstone 1

Win for Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia Ladies have won their second match of the weekend, beating Invicta 11-4.  Goal scorers:  N Tate 2, C Connor 3, F Cameron 3, T Bonnar 3

Defeat For Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia have lost their opening match of the weekend.  They were beaten 2-6 by Sheffield B.

Goal scorers:  S Johnston 1 C Connor 1

Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia Ladies team are away this weekend to Walsall for the third weekend of NWWPL Division 3.  Today they play Sheffield B at 11.30am and Invicta at 3.30pm.  Tomorrow they play Cardiff at 12.30pm.  Good luck to the team.

From the Secretary

At a poorly attended AGM the following was agreed =

Annual Membership Fees -
Senior, Junior, Students & Ladies = £25.00 alternatively £2 per month can be added to the monthly standing order

Associate player = £10, Non playing = £1
Monthly fees -
Members = £18per month (from £12.50) to a maximum of £45 per family.
Student members = £5.00 per session
Guests – to be considered by the new Committee

Closure dates -
Last session of 2008 : Sunday 21 December 2008
First session of 2009 Sunday 11 January 2008 7pm at Cowdenbeath
Office Bearers -
President : Vacant
Secretary : Vacant (Sylvia Mackay agreed to look after Memberships & SASA registration).
Members should note that two of the main roles within the Club are now vacant, this will severely restrict the administration of the Club until they are filled.
Treasurer : Roddy Mackay
Club Captain : Julia Mackay
Club Coach : Brian Campbell
CPO : Stewart Carlile
Manager (Senior) : David Stewart
Manager (Junior) : Ian Thomson
Manager (Ladies) : Chantal Guillot (to be confirmed
Officials : Jeanette Metcalfe
Equipment : Sylvia Mackay
Fundraising : Ian Thomson
Press & Publicity : Robert Tate
Junior Rep : Zach Thomson

A grant of £1,200 has been received from The Carnegie Trust to allow us to purchases two sets of Junior floating goals with one set located at Cowdenbeath and another at Rosyth until The Carnegie Centre re-opens.

Win For DWPC Seniors

Seven players travelled to Dundee tonight for their latest match in the Scottish National League.  A very young team (and David Stewart!!) beat Menzieshill Whitehall 5-11.  

Goal scorers:  C Campbell 1, D Stewart 3, D Campbell 1, P Metcalfe 2, A Woodall 3 + one other not named on score sheet

Don't Forget!!

There may be a very important event happening in USA on Tuesday but we have our own very important event!  Dunfermline Waterpolo Club AGM - remember, your club needs you!!

From the Secretary

AGM
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Congratulations to David Stewart for volunteering to chair the AGM.

ALI-UPDATE
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Good start for Ali in his CWPA National Championships at Villanova University, Philadelphia as Lindenwood defeated Grinell College 23-7 with four goals from Ali , follow the link to the 

match report. They play Tufts University later this evening in the semi final with the placing matches tomorrow. Those interested in fashion (& his Mum) will be pleased to hear that the facial growth has now been removed with Ali now sporting a No 1 cut with a St Andrews cross cut into one side !!

Caledonia Win Final Game of Weekend

Caledonia have won their final match of the weekend, beating Ealing 16-11.  Goal scorers:  C Fraser 5, A Woodall 3, C MacGregor 2, S Adams 2, Abdul 1, G Dodds 1, R Tate 1, D Baxter 1

Caledonia Lose Second Game

Caledonia have lost their second match against South Derbyshire.  They were beaten 11-12.  After a nightmare first period which South Derbyshire won 7-2, Caledonia started the fight back but were beaten by one goal.  Details to follow.

Good Start to Caledonia's Weekend

Caledonia have made a good start to their weekend beating Warley 14-11 (4-2, 5-2, 3-2, 2-5) in their opening match.  They started strongly, winning the first three periods, but Warley came back strongly in the last period to win it 2-5.  Goal scorers:  S Adams 4, D Baxter 3, C McGregor 3, A Shepherd 1, S Carlile 1, A Woodall 1, Abdul 1.  They now play South Derbyshire at 5.45pm.

Busy Week Ahead

The week ahead is a busy one for the club.  DWPC Seniors take on Menzieshill Whitehall on Monday night at 8.30pm in Dundee in the SNL.

Tuesday night is AGM night for DWPC - 7.30pm at Carnegie Leisure Centre.  Please make every effort to attend.  Without more people coming forward, the Club will struggle to survive.  As the saying goes "many hands make light work".

Thursday night is the Scottish Waterpolo Committee AGM in Stirling at 7.00pm.  Nick Hume, GB National Performance Director for Waterpolo will also be attending the meeting.  Please try and go along to hear what he has to say.  To enable as many people to go as possible, the SNL senior match between DWPC and Warrender has been postponed.  This will now be played on Thursday 20th November at 8.30pm at Carnegie Leisure Centre.  

Caledonia Seniors News

Caledonia travel to Marlborough this weekend for the fourth weekend of matches in NWPL Division 3.  They play Warley and South Derbyshire on Saturday at 2.00pm and 5.45pm respectively and Ealing on Sunday at 1.30pm.  Good luck to all the players!

Another Win For DWPC

DWPC defeated Warrender 11-13 (3-3, 4-3, 2-3, 2-4)in their SNL match tonight.  DWPC started the match with the youngsters (apart from Stewart!) in the pool and drew the first quarter 3-3.  The match turned into a physical encounter in a shallow pool, and after losing the second quarter, pulled away to win the final two quarters.  Goal scorers:  D Stewart 3, S Carlile 1, D Campbell 1, A Woodall 6, C Fraser 2

From the Secretary

GB NATIONAL ACADEMY SQUAD
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Good luck to club members Nicola Tate, Darren Campbell, Christopher Campbell & Jake Hinley, who are attending three day GB National Academy camps at the RAF Base at St Athans near Cardiff. Unfortunately the camps run into term time (Scottish not English) and the Players have had to request time off school to take-up the invitation.

Unfortunately, due to Prelims, Zach Thomson was unable to take-up an invitation to attend, Logan Shepherd of Menzieshill and DWPC has however accepted an invitation to attend.

Brian Campbell will also be attending having been invited to be a support coach to the Boys GB National Academy Squad.

TRAINING SESSION - CHANGES
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Members are reminded that the session tomorrow night (28 October) will be the last session at the Carnegie Centre on a Tuesday evening. With the closure of the Centre at the end of the year this session has been switched to Rosyth on Monday evenings from 8pm - 8.50pm. Members are also reminded that a pass is required to gain entry to the base. We recently asked both Carnegie and InCAS if they would give-up 30 minutes of their existing time to allow us to commence from 7.30pm, whilst InCAS were happy to assist unfortunately Carnegie were not.

Following our unsuccessful attempt to hire regular pool time at Stirling University on Saturday evenings from 5.30pm for our Junior & Senior squads, we have asked Richard Gordon of Scottish Swimming to discuss the question of access to this pool for Water polo half pool hires with the Management, we hope progress will be made this week. There are few options available to us for this group of players and access to the large pool at Stirling on a regular basis is considered to be the best option for us.

We currently await a response from Fife Leisure Trust on our request for pool time at Cowdenbeath for our younger squads.

SWPC ANNUAL MEETING OF CLUBS
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Senior members are encouraged to attend this meeting which will be held on Thursday 6 November 2008 from 7pm. This is an opportunity for views to be expressed for the next year and the opportunity should be taken. Nick Hume will also be present and he will report on GB plans.

To encourage attendance we have postponed the Senior National League match with Warrender which was scheduled to take place that evening.  (It has been proposed to reschedule this match for 20th November.  An answer is awaited.)

CLUB AGM
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7.30pm on Tuesday 4 November 2008 - Members and parents of Junior members are encouraged to attend and contribute to the direction of the Club.

If we want the Club to continue to improve then administrative support from members is required, with key positions falling vacant the Club stands at a crossroads.

The first issue at the AGM will be find a member to chair the meeting - a volunteer is urgently required (preferably prior to the meeting) to enable the secretary to brief them beforehand. If no-one steps forward the meeting will not be able to progress beyond item 1 on the Agenda !!

More Portobello News

Portobello have lost their second match of the weekend.  They were beaten by Welsh Wanderer's 15-10.

GB Juniors have now entered the league.  GB Juniors 1 beat Penguin 15-6, GB Juniors 2 were beaten by Welsh Wanderer's 12-7.

Win For DWPC Ladies

DWPC Ladies have won their first match in this years SNL campaign.  They beat Edinburgh University 14-5.  Goal scorers:  L Carbonell 2, V Witko 3, J Mackay 5, T Bonnar 2, F Cameron 2

Portobello News

Portobello have lost their first match of the latest NWPL Division 1 weekend.  They were beaten 11-10 by Cheltenham.  They play Welsh Wanderer's later today.

DWPC 1995+ Make a strong start but lose third game

Zach reports that the youngsters won their first match at today's tournament 11-1 over Leeds.
Scorers: Harry Hewitt 4, Daniel Woodall 3, Sandy Norman 2, Luke Thomson 1, Scott Wilson 1

Team also beat Durham 5-2.
Scorers: Luke Thomson 2, Harry Hewitt 2, Daniel Woodall 1

The 1995 played Carlisle and were beaten 8-1 by the much stronger and physically larger team. The only goal was scored by team captain Alexander Johnstone.
Iain Thomson  remarked that 'they could have played them all day and still not get much further'. The team played well despite this being their first tournament together and can come home proud of themselves but also with plenty to work on.  However its not over yet! The team have one last game in the 3rd/4th play off against Durham who they beat earlier 5-2. The final will be played between Sedgefield and Carlisle- in a game which will be very close. Iain also said that the team would not have beaten Sedgefield had they been drawn against them in the semi-final instead of Carlisle.

DWPC have now played their 3rd/4th playoff and have beaten Durham 6-1, finishing a very respectable 3rd in their first tournament.  In the words of Zach "things look bright for the 95s!"

Goal Scorers: Alexander Johnstone 1, Scott Wilson 2, Daniel Woodall 2, Harry Hewitt 2.

DWPC 1995+ Hit The Road

Good luck to our 1995+ team who travel to Sedgefield to take part in a friendly tournament tomorrow (Sat 25 October 2008).  This is the first outing for this age group although a number have already played for the 1993+ team this year.

Excellent Win For DWPC

A very young  Dunfermline team, in which only three of the ten players were over 17 years old, defeated Edinburgh University 13-10 (5-4, 5-0, 1-4, 2-2) in their SNL meeting tonight.  Edinburgh University started strongly although DWPC won the first period 5-4 with a goal in the last minute.  DWPC won the second period without conceding a goal.  They then lost the third period 1-4.   Although the victory did not look in doubt in the  last period, the team were pleased to score a final goal in the latter stages of the match to seal the victory.

Goal Scorers:  C Campbell 1, R Tate 2, S Carlile 3, A Woodall 3, C Fraser 4

Civic Reception

Junior players, parents and supporters of DWPC attended a Civic Reception in the City Chambers, Dunfermline on 8th October 2008.  The reception was held in honour of the ASA Cup winning team.  Photographs are now in the Photo Album 

Win For DWPC Born 87 and Later

DWPC beat a combined Warrender/Portobello team 11-8 (1-3, 3-2, 4-0, 3-3)in their Scottish National League match tonight.  Dunfermline captain/coach, Paul Metcalfe, reports that after a slow start, the team did well against the combined Portobello/Warrender team, winning the 3rd period without conceding.   Many thanks to all the players for the effort they put in against a physical team, by playing intelligent but simple polo to catch up and overtake our opponents.   Well done to all.

Goal Scorers:  N Comerford 2, A Woodall 4, C Campbell 2, R Tate 1, D Campbell 1, Z Thomson 1

Message From Secretary

WEBSITE NEWS
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Members wishing to add News / results / match reports etc should provide the information to the Webmaster as early as possible - if no information is provided nothing will be published !!!

SESSIONS
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Members are reminded that the last Tuesday session at the Carnegie Centre will take place on Tuesday 28 October 2008. Members are also reminded of the application process to obtain a pass for HMS Caledonia with over 18's requiring to undergo a 'Disclosure Scotland' check which takes some weeks to conclude.

Session times and Venues after the Carnegie Centre closes have not yet been finalised. The last Club session of 2008 will be on Sunday 21 December.

From 2009 we hope to have time at Cowdenbeath on Sunday evenings and the Monday session at HMS Caledonia will continue (subject to attendance improving), unfortunately our request to extend this 50min session by 30mins has not yet been successful - InCAS were willing to give-up 30 mins from their session but Carnegie were not.

Our attempt to hire half the pool at Stirling University as a base for our Junior / Senior players has run into problems, apparently to do so we need to have the boom in place therefore the only available slots to us are on Saturday afternoons however both slots are currently booked heavily by Swimming clubs.
These Saturday slots are in any case not suitable for us, our preferred slot was from 5.30pm - 7.30pm which is not a 'busy' slot and we had identified seventeen slots to the Summer which are free however despite the fact that no-one else would probably be in the pool at the same time the management at the pool insist that the boom should be in place and they will not move it
at that time of day, similarly they do not move the boom centrally on a Sunday at all.  They would be happy to hire the whole pool to us however it would then be too expensive for the Club to take this on. We have asked Scottish Swimming to look into this unfortunate state of affairs.

AGM
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The AGM will take place on Tuesday 4th November from 7.30pm at the Carnegie Centre. All members and Parents of Junior members are urged to attend a give their views.

Unfortunately my commitments (as I intimated at last year's AGM) including Club & RTC coaching, taking the boys to their GB squad sessions etc, has eaten into what time I have available and has led me to take the difficult decision to stand down as Secretary at the AGM, a new Secretary will therefore be required from the AGM. I shall of course be available to assist the new Secretary during the transition phase and will complete all matters relating to the AGM. Members are reminded that without a Secretary the Club cannot function.

A Member to chair the AGM is also required, without a chair the meeting will not progress.

SPORTS COUNCIL AWARDS
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Nominations have been requested for the following awards -

> Sports Personality
> Services to Sport
> Asda, St Leonards Trophy (Junior under 16yrs of age at 31 December 2008)
> Benny Hutton team award (over 16's team
> East Kilbride award (for athletes with a disability
> Carnegie Trust masters award
> Rotary Club Junior team (under 16 team award)
> Sports Coach of the year award

Suggestions from Members are invited by return to the Secretary.

Visit of Nick Hume

The following has been received from Ken Fussell:

TV Fame for Club Member

Alasdair Campbell has taken part in an interview shown on American TV.

Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia Ladies were in NWWPL action this weekend.  On Saturday they were beaten 4-10 by Manchester C but went on to beat Bristol 10-3.  On Sunday they beat Liverpool B 6-3.  They now travel to Walsall on 8/9th November.

Busy Week Ahead

Three of our teams are in  Scottish National League action this coming week.  DWPC Born 1987 and under play a combined Portobello/Warrender team at Portobello on Tuesday 21 October at 8.30pm. DWPC senior team play Edinburgh University at Carnegie Leisure Centre on Thursday 23 October at 8.30pm.  DWPC Ladies end the week with a match against Edinburgh University Ladies on Sunday 26 October at Carnegie Leisure Centre at 6.30pm.  Try and come along to support our teams!

LEN Trophy 2008/2009

Defeat for Caledonia

Caledonia were beaten in their final match of the weekend 15-18 (2-3, 2-6, 3-6, 8-3) by current league leaders Croydon Amphibians.  The match started to slip away from them in the middle two quarters, but they staged a strong, but too late, come back in the last quarter winning it 8-3.  Goal scorers:  D Baxter 1, G Dodds 1, D Stewart 1, C Campbell 1, A Woodall 1, D Campbell 2, C Fraser 3, C MacGregor 5

Excellent Win for Caledonia

Caledonia have defeated Leeds 8-7 (5-3, 0-1, 1-1, 2-2) in their second match of the weekend.  This is an excellent result with Caledonia never being behind in the game.  

Goal scorers: D Baxter 2  D Stewart 2  C MacGregor 3  A Woodall 1

Caledonia play league leaders Croydon Amphibians at 10.30am tomorrow.

18 Oct 08

Good Win for Caledonia

Caledonia have won their first game of weekend 3 in the NWPL beating Warley 24-14 (7-5, 6-3, 5-1, 6-5).

Goal Scorers: C MacGregor 7; C Fraser 6; A Sheppard, D Stewart, A Woodall and D Campbell 2 each; R Tate, S Carlisle and D Baxter 1 each.

Caledonia play Leeds at 6.30 this evening.

Great Win For Dunfermline Seniors

Dunfermline have won their opening match in this year's Scottish National League.  They beat Menzieshill Whitehall 36-6.  DWPC played a predominately young team with Jake Hinley playing in his first senior match, sharing the goalkeeping duties with Simon Metcalfe.  Goal scorers as follows:

R Tate 5, C Campbell 1, D Stewart 2, Z Thomson 2, P Metcalfe 1, D Campbell 6, S Carlile 1,A Woodall 10, C Fraser 7

Press Release

The following has been sent to the local press:

GB Success
Four young DWPC players have been selected for the GB National Academy Water Polo Squads. Jake Hinley, Chris and Darren Campbell all 14 are in the 28 player boys' squad. Nicola Tate, also 14, is in the 26 player girls' squad. All four youngsters made it through the recent squad cuts which saw the numbers cut in half.
Darren and Chris are two of twenty four outfield players and Jake one of four goalkeepers. The squad will hold regular training sessions in Walsall which all team members will have to attend.
Nicola is one of twenty two outfield players in the girls' squad which meets together once a month in Manchester. Both squads will now have a year to prepare before they are scheduled to play international matches.
Fellow DWPC player Andrew Woodall (17) is part of the GB junior men's team. He has recently returned from Bulgaria where he took part in the European Qualifiers, scoring 4 goals.
These selections are the first indicator of how well DWPC's junior development is working. The club currently have a large squad of junior player's attending regular training sessions at Carnegie leisure centre and it is hoped that the stars of the future will be amongst this number.  Photo

Reminder

As there is a Scottish National League match between Dunfermline and Menzieshill Whitehall Seniors taking place tomorrow night, 9th October, there will be no training session.

Message From The Secretary

Special Mention For DWPC/Caledonia Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper Simon Metcalfe gets a special mention in the NWPL Div 3 News following this weekends matches.

Comen Cup

GB were beaten by CN Chania 10-6 in their final match of the competition.  They finished fourth overall.  Full Results

Defeat For Caledonia

Caledonia were defeated in this afternoon's match 15-6 by Croydon.  More details to follow.

Second Win For Caledonia

Caledonia have won their second match of the weekend beating Otter 1869 14-5 (4-2 6-1 1-1 3-1).  Goal scorers were:

M Speed 5, A Shepherd 2, A Woodall 2, S Adams 2, D Baxter 1, D Campbell 1, C Campbell 1.  They play Croydon, who are currently top of the league at 1.30pm.

Sunday Night Session

Due to Caledonia Men taking part in the NWPL in Basingstoke, there will be no 6.30-8.00pm tonight.  The earlier session will run as normal.

Reminder - HMS Caledonia Closed

Due to the local holiday on Monday 6th October HMS Caledonia will be closed so there will be no training that night.

Great Start For Caledonia

Caledonia have won their opening match of the weekend beating Birmingham 16-6 (4-2, 5-1, 4-1, 3-2).  Goal scorers were:

A Woodall 4, M Speed 4, S Adams 2, S Carlile 2, C Campbell 2, D Baxter 1, D Campbell 1.  This is an improvement from two weeks ago when the score was 14-9.  

Comen Cup

GB were defeated by Malta this afternoon in the Comen Cup.  The teams were all square, 10-10, at the end of normal time.  Extra time was played which Malta won 2-1 giving a final score of 12-11.  GB will play the losers of the match between CN Chania and RN Sori tomorrow.

Comen Cup

GB suffered a heavy defeat today in the Comen Cup.  They were beaten 20-4 by Italian team R.N Sori.  Tomorrow GB face Malta.

Comen Cup

GB have won their opening match in the Comen Cup.  We have received a report on the days play from Iain Melville, who is on business in Malta:

Team GB ran out winners 10-9 finally against well organised French Club side. The GB guys started well and were ahead 6-1 after the 1st quarter but then were beaten in the next 2 very keenly contested quarters to go into the final quarter only 8-7 ahead. It was a slower game than we are used to seeing with our teams, but much more strength orientated in the 30m length pitch. GB however fielded a relatively young team with around half the squad recent GB juniors.

The following game was Malta v Switzerland which the Maltese won with a very controlled performance. The Maltese played a faster more open game than the GB & French teams had done with stronger defending further up the pool.

HMS Caledonia Closed

Due to the local holiday on Monday 6th October HMS Caledonia will be closed so there will be no training that night.

Another Mention For DWPC

DWPC once again feature in an article on In The Winning Zone

NWPL Division 3 - Second Weekend

Caledonia travel to Basingstoke this weekend for the second weekend of this seasons campaign.  They will play:

4/10  Birmingham  3.15pm

5/10  Otter 1869  9.45am

5/10  Croydon  1.30pm

Comen Cup at Gzira, Malta - Senior Men - 1/5 Oct 2008

Teams made up of the national team of Malta (MLT), Great Britain (GBR), Switzerland (SUI) and Cyprus (CYP) and the waterpolo clubs of Nautical Chania (GRE), Rari Nantes Sori (ITL) and FNC De Douai (FRA).   

Great Britain are using this edition of the Comen Cup to unveil a brand new team in preparation for the European Championships in Switzerland in September 2009. 

Group A  
Club Nautical Chania (GRE) ;  Switzerland (SUI) ;  Malta (MLT) ;  Cyprus (CYP)

Group B

Rari Nantes Sori (ITL) ; Great Britain (GBR) ; FNC de Douai (FRA)

GB open with match vs FC Douai on Thurs 2 Oct.

There is a website but it is not known if it will be kept up to the minute
http://www.asaofmalta.org/comen_waterpolo_cup_08.htm

 From the Secretary
8pm tomorrow night (Tuesday 30th) DWPC play InCAS in a friendly match with the more experienced players left out, this should provide an excellent
chance for our new players to take part in a real match. 9pm - 10pm will be an open session for our Juniors and any Seniors who are present.
Remember to return your sold scratch cards and cash.

Excellent Win for Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia Ladies have defeated Sunderland 21-0 in this mornings Division 3 NWWPL match.

From the Secretary

A further change has been requested for the Ladies Scottish NWPL -
Dunfermline vs Menzieshill Whitehall due on Sunday 23/11/2008 clashes with a Ladies Nat League div 1 weekend, suggest moving to Sunday 7 November at 6.30pm.

Club AGM
The Annual General meeting of the Club will be held at 7.30pm in Room 2 at the Carnegie Centre on Tuesday 4 November 2008. Proposals for changes to the Constitution must be with the Secretary by 14 October 2008 and proposals for changes to the rules by 21 October 2008.
All Members and parents of our Junior (u/16) members are invited to attend, contribute to the meeting and make their views known.
Over the past few years attendance has been poor, if you wish the Club to progress everyone has to take responsibility for the management of the Club, winning in the water is only a part of being a successful Club.
Without a President a volunteer is required to chair the AGM, please advise the secretary should you wish to volunteer. You will also note that a number of positions remain vacant and you should consider whether you can help out by taking on one of the posts. If the post remains vacant after the AGM it is likely that the activity associated with that post will not be undertaken.

From Brian Campbell:  Unfortunately my commitments (as I intimated at last year's AGM) including Club & RTC coaching, taking the boys to their GB squad sessions etc, has eaten into what time I have available and has led me to take the difficult decision to stand down as Secretary at the AGM, a new Secretary will therefore be required from the AGM. I shall of course be available to assist the new Secretary during the transition phase and will complete all matters relating to the AGM. Members are reminded that without a Secretary the Club cannot function.

A Member to chair the AGM is also required, without a chair the meeting will not progress.

Mixed Start for Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia Ladies won their first match of the day beating Invicta 8-2 but lost their second match against Cardiff 3-2.

Scottish National League Fixtures
Amended list of fixtures available here.  PDF of DWPC fixtures here. Team Managers are:

Seniors -  David Stewart   Ladies  - Julia Mackay   U21s - Iain Thomson

We have to provide table officials for our home matches. Jeanette will not be available for the matches on 9/10 and 12/10. If you are able to help at any of the matches please contact Jeanette.

Caledonia Ladies

Caledonia Ladies travel to Hucknall this weekend for the start of their NWWPL Division 3 campaign.  There matches are as follows:

27/9   Caledonia v Invicta 1.30pm  27/9   Caledonia v Cardiff 4.30pm  

28/9 Caledonia v Sunderland  11.30am.  Full details of all their fixtures can be found on NWWPL Div 3 Draw

Articles on DWPC's Achievements

 The waterpolo page of 'In the Winning Zone' website  carries reports of the Clubs achievements this year.

News From the Secretary

UKCC Course
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Well done to Elliot Robertson, Menzieshill for stepping forward to fill the remaining slot in the UKCC Level 1 course. The next date for the course is on Sunday 28 October 2008.
1995+ Tournament
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The Club have been invited to the Sedgefield 1995+ tournament which will be held on 25 October 2008 at Newton Aycliffe. Newly qualified coach, Alan Rodger, will coach the team and the availability of players / transport is currently being confirmed before we can confirm our acceptance.

Development Friendly

After an exciting and close four periods of waterpolo, InCas drew 14-14 with Menzieshill tonight at Carnegie Leisure Centre.

Development Friendly

DWPC beat Menzieshill 8-3.  Both teams played well.  These matches give the younger players an opportunity to gain match practice.  InCas will play Menzieshill Tuesday night at Carnegie Leisure Centre.

Special Mention for DWPC Junior Players

 Four of DWPC's junior players get a special mention in the NWPL Div 3 News

GB Senior Squad News and Brian Littlejohn News

The following link contains information on the revised GB Senior Squad and a more detailed article on Brian Littlejohn.  Info

European Junior Ladies Championships

Italy have beaten Hungary 9-8 to become Junior Ladies Champions.

Caledonia Beaten

Caledonia were beaten 19-14 (6-4, 9-5, 13-8, 19-14) in a grueling match against City of Leeds this afternoon.  Both teams had a player excluded for brutality which will result in a ban for the players involved.  Goal scorers as follows:  D Baxter 2, A Shepherd 1, R Tate 1, C MacGregor 3, D Campbell 1, A Woodall 3, 

C Fraser 3.  Full results will appear on the NWPL website.

Second Win for Caledonia

Caledonia defeated Otter 1869 16-6 in this morning's match (4-1, 6-1, 10-4, 16-6).  The team got off to a good start and controlled the match well.  All of the substitutes got a lot of water time as the starting seven were used sparingly in preparation for this afternoon's match against Leeds.  Goal scorers as follows:

D Baxter 1, D Stewart 1, C Campbell 2, C MacGregor 5, S Carlile 1, D Campbell 1, A Woodall 3, C Fraser 2

Win for GB Junior Ladies

GB Junior Ladies have beaten Serbia 12-8 in the 7th/8th place playoff.  Italy take on Hungary in today's final at 5.45pm local time.  For full details click here

Portobello News

Portobello are in action this weekend in NWPL Division 1 matches in Manchester.  Yesterday they suffered two defeats, beaten by Invicta 18-10 and Manchester 20-6.  They play Penguins today.  For full details click here

Winning Start For Caledonia

Caledonia have got their 2008 NWPL campaign off to a winning start beating Birmingham 14-9 (3-2, 6-4, 9-7, 14-9). The team got off to a slow start after their journey making a few errors but became stronger as the match went on. Goal scorers as follows:

D Baxter 4, D Stewart 1, C MacGregor 4, S Carlile 1, A Woodall 3, C Fraser 1

Another Win For GB Junior Ladies

After a rest day yesterday GB Junior Ladies have convincingly beaten France 13-3.  They now play Serbia tomorrow morning in the 7th/8th place play off.  Full details

Info on Brian Littlejohn

The following link contains information about Brian Littlejohn.  Thanks to Brian Greenyer for providing the link. Brian Littlejohn

Defeat for GB Junior Ladies

GB Junior Ladies were beaten today 7-5  by Spain in a close match.  For full details click here

Club AGM

The AGM for DWPC takes place on Tuesday 4th November at 7.30pm in Room 2 Carnegie Leisure Centre.  Please make every effort to attend this meeting and support your club.  Without a committee, the club cannot function.  Agenda

GB Junior Ladies Beaten

GB Junior Ladies were beaten today by Italy 12-5.  They play Spain tomorrow, who are one place above them in the group.  For full details click here

Development Friendlies

DWPC beat Menzieshill 14-11 in an exciting match.  Top goal scorer for DWPC was Jordan Wood, scoring 9 out of the 14 goals.  Other scorers were Jake Hinley 1, Zach Thomson 2, Craig Wilkinson 2.

InCas travelled to Menzieshill on 15 September where they won 10-6.

Update on Ali

Update on Ali following a tournament last weekend where he was named Player of the Week.

GB Junior Ladies Win Again

GB Ladies had a convincing win today beating Ukraine 17-3.  Tomorrow they play Italy who currently sit second in the group behind Greece.  For full details click here

News from the Secretary
Access - HMS Caledonia
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A security pass is required to gain Access to the pool at HMS Caledonia, the required forms are attached and the procedures are -

Under 18's : Complete the required form, provide two passport photographs and payment of £1 to either the Secretary or Richie Metcalfe who will
countersign on behalf of the Club and hand it into the Security Office. The pass is generally available in seven days from the main Security gate.

Over 18's : Complete the required form, provide two passport photographs and payment of £1 to either the Secretary or Richie Metcalfe with a copy of a Disclosure Scotland form and the required identification documents. To obtain a Disclosure Scotland certificate from Scottish Swimming (no cost) you will be required to be both a member of the Club (£1) and a registered member of Scottish Swimming (£6), the forms can be obtained from the secretary and must be passed to our CPO, Stewart Carlile, for verification. The process can be expected to take a number of weeks, therefore early submission is therefore suggested.

Car Pass : After the security pass has been obtained an application can be submitted to obtain a car pass which will allow access to the base without the need to sign-in at the Security office.

Al members are urged to obtain the relevant pass for HMS Caledonia as this pool will be one of our training venues whilst the Carnegie Centre is
closed.

Senior Sessions
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Due to the National League fixtures the senior sessions have been cancelled from 6.30pm - 8pm on Sunday 21 September, 5 October, 19 October, 2 November & 23 November 2008. The Junior session before this remains on from 5.30pm - 6.30pm.

Civic Reception
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The British cup winning team have been invited to a Civic reception at the City chambers in Dunfermline on Wednesday 6 October 2007 in further
recognition of their achievements this season.

UKCC Course
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Our second course is underway however we had one late withdrawal. As the candidate had already been registered there is the opportunity to substitute an alternative candidate to avoid losing the fee. Candidates must be over 16, if interested contact secretary immediately. All bar the injured Keith Falconer have passed the first course, Keith will hopefully pass it next month after he recovers from his broken leg.

Win For GB Junior Ladies

GB Junior Ladies have won their second match at the European Junior Championships.  They beat Serbia 9-7.  They play Ukraine tomorrow.  For full details click here

Montenegro Win European Championships

Montenegro have defeated Spain in the final of the European Junior Men's Championship.  Final score was 9-7.  For full details click here

GB Junior Ladies have lost their opening match in the European Championships.  They were beaten 14-5 by Greece.  They play Serbia tomorrow.  For full details click here

European Junior Ladies Championship

The Junior Ladies Championship starts today in Chania.  GB are in action at 7.30pm local time playing Greece.  For full details click here

GB Junior Men Win 13/14th Place Play-off

GB Junior Men have won their 13th/14th place playoff against Israel although there seems to be a discrepancy in the period results on the LEN table.  They  won 9-8 in a close match which went to extra time and penalties.

The final is played tonight at 7.30pm Istanbul time between Montenegro and Spain.  For full results, click here

Win For GB Juniors!

GB Junior Men have beaten Slovenia 8-5 in this mornings match.  They will now play Israel tomorrow in the 13th-14th place play-off.  For full results, click here

Bonus Balls for Sale!

The Treasurer has recently carried out a check of the Bonus Ball Scheme.  The following numbers are now available:  3, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 20, 28 and 38.  Each number costs £2 per month, payable by standing order.  The draw is the last Saturday of every month.  Please consider buying one of the numbers as this raises much needed funds for the club.  For more information please contact Iain Thomson 

GB Junior Men Latest

GB Junior Men were beaten by France today 13-12.  The match went to extra time and penalties!  GB now plays Slovenia on 13th September.

For full results, click here

GB Junior Men Latest

GB Junior Men have lost their final match in the preliminary round of the European Championships.  They were beaten 17-2 by Croatia.

For full results, click here

GB Junior Men have lost their second match in the European Championships.  They were beaten 12-9 by Germany.  They play Croatia tomorrow.

For full results, click here

Portobello suffered three defeats in the opening weekend of NWPL Div 1.  They were beaten 38-4 by Lancaster, 22-11 by Rotherham and 30-6 by Bristol.

Caledonia start their NWPL Div 3 campaign on 20th September.

European Junior Men's Championships

GB Junior Men have lost their opening match in their campaign.  They were beaten 

12 - 7 by Italy.

For full results, click here

We have received the following from Murray:

"The National League is delighted to announce (1 September) that it has teamed up with the newly formed UK franchise of Waterfly International to offer significantly discounted deals on a wide range of water polo gear - anything from balls and caps to trunks and robes.   The agreement means that, every time you buy from Waterfly, it will give a much-needed boost to NWPL funds.  This will assist with costs for NWPL entry for future years"  Click here for further information

Just to remind you that the Monday session (8.00 - 8.50pm) is open to all members.  Application forms for entry into HMS Caledonia are available from the Secretary or Richie Metcalfe